Jainism, Charvaka philosophy and Buddhism also had no place for God, he showed.

Dakshinaranjan Shastri, Charvaka philosophy, Purogami Prakashani (1967)

The t-shirt donned by the character Charvaka in a scene with the monk reads "Pastafarian", an allusion to the followers of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

The Jains acharyas, Manibhadra and Haribhadra associated Jainism of astika classification and associated the Lokayata (Charvaka) philosophy with nastika.

During his lifetime, Sanzgiri authored many books, such as Anuchya Antarangat, Manavachi Kahani, Charvaka Te Marx and Dr Ambedkar: A Marxist evaluation.

By this definition, Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Samkhya, Yoga, Purva Mimamsa and Vedanta are classified as astika schools; while Charvaka, Jainism and Buddhism are considered nastika schools.

Dr. Salunkhe holds that Jayarashi Bhatta did not belong to the Charvaka school of philosophy as he denies even Pratyakşa pramana and four Mahābhūtas that Charvaka had accepted.